Quantum Earth by Julie Achterhoff

Chris Phillips

I am a veteran editor for friends and family as well as most of my employment positions. I make books out of my friends' writing as well as help them to smooth out what they say, how they say it and hopefully get the best expressions. I have been doing this for 20+ years. I often find myself reading a book and correcting problems I see even after the works have been professional published from big name publishers.

Does mankind cause natural disasters?

Quantum Earth by Julie Achterhoff
ISBN 978-0-9822-7225-1

Review by Chris Phillips

Achterhoff has written a great science fiction piece. The book starts with a
tsunami rushing to the beach of a southeast Asian coast. A team of researchers is
investigating the possible cause of all the natural disasters that are
happening with more frequency recently.

Mel Hawkins heads a team of metaphysical scientists who are searching for the
possible cause of the natural disasters that seem to be happening all around.
The team consists of psychics, mediums and people readers as well as technical
but open minded scientists. They set out to prove that the human race can alter
the fate of the planet. It all hinges on the Mayan calendar ending in 2012.

The plot deals with the research. The researchers discover there is some
connection between the disaster and what people were thinking at the time and
just before it occurred. Through two
trance mediums they contact the recently deceased and also interview the
survivors. They hope to find a common thread that will show humans can bring
about these disasters and thus with the right knowledge and correct direction
can prevent the cataclysmic events predicted for 2012.

Achterhoff has too many topics to share in this book. She spends the first
part of the book explaining the environmental problems and the apathy or pure
destructive tendencies of humans to destroy the environment of the planet.
These segments tend to interrupt the flow of the story and cause some
difficulties for a reading. Achterhoff comes across as preachy in some places.
However the story is well worth following.

Technically Achterhoff is an excellent writer. The editing is clean and
consistent. The book printing is well done and easy to read. This is overall a
very good medium for the warnings Achterhoff wishes to deliver.

This book is recommended for all science fiction, psychic, and end-times
readers. The science and psychic portions might be hard for some to understand
or accept, but they are well reasoned and evidently strongly believed in by the
author.